The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art The New York Times | PARIS - Politicians who sometimes wonder about the deeper motivations of Russian diplomacy should pay a long visit to the most remarkable show of art from Russia ever staged anywhere. | On view at the Louvre, "Holy Russia" offers much more than a fascinating display of works of art from far-flung ...
Rap's Path from Leadership to Lock-Up CBS News Lil Wayne, the Late Tupac Shakur and T.I. Among the Rappers Who Have Served TimeAt the Peak of Their Careers | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | In this June 10, 2008 file photo, rapper Lil' Wayne makes an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live" show at MTV Studios in Times Square in New Yo...
Iran bars poet from French Women's Day event Khaleej Times TEHRAN - Iranian authorities prevented a prominent female poet and activist in her 80s from travelling to Paris to attend an event marking International Women's Day on Monday, an opposition website said. | Kaleme, the website of opposition leader Mir...
Stevie Wonder collects award ... 30 years late The Guardian | 'Scheduling conflicts' to blame for R&B legend taking nearly three decades to pick up lifetime achievement prize | Wonder of the world ... Stevie finally picks up his lifetime achievement award. Photograph: EPA | Almost 30 years after being awa...
Papandreou Seeks French Backing for Debt Crisis The New York Times | Filed at 7:41 a.m. ET | PARIS (AP) -- Greek Prime Minster George Papandreou headed to Paris on Sunday, the third stop of a four-city tour seeking firmer European Union and U.S. support for harsh austerity measures that have sparked violent protests...
From France With Romance, and Broad Tastes The New York Times | SINCE they met as schoolboys in Versailles, a suburb of Paris, the members of the French indie-pop group Phoenix - the singer-songwriter-guitarist Thomas Mars, the bassist Deck D'Arcy and the guitarists Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz - h...
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"Transformers" Sequel Leads Razzies CBS News "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" Joins "Land of the Lost" with 7 Nominations Celebrating Hollywood's "Worst" | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | Megan Fox, left, and S...
Clinton Warns China on Iran Sanctions The New York Times | PARIS - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned China on Friday that it would face economic insecurity and diplomatic isolation if it did not sign on to tough new sancti...
New Trial Sought for French Ex-Premier The New York Times | PARIS - A new political battle loomed on Friday between President Nicolas Sarkozy and the former prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, after a Paris court acquitted Mr. de Ville...
French market authority probes Natixis loss report The Guardian * Investigation on disclosure of losses in financial crisis * AMF spokeswoman says procedure ongoing, Natixis notified * Natixis says has responded to AMF, confident on outcome (Adds Natixis comment) By Lionel Laurent and Matthieu Protard PARIS, Marc...
Shakespeare and Company, a creative sanctuary The Guardian | Long after Hemingway and the Beats, the Shakespeare and Company bookshop is still encouraging Paris to read and write | A haven for writers ... Shakespeare and Company bookshop, Paris. Photograph: Stephen Emms | I've been to Paris many times. But, ...
Why French women don't get old The Times | Relaxez-vous. This isn't going to be another hagiography about a France that doesn't quite exist. I lived in Paris for a year before university, and when you're a 19-year-old woman, a less forgiving, more intrusively sexually aggressive city this s...
Lance Armstrong arrives in South Africa The Miami Herald | CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has arrived in South Africa ahead of his appearance in the Cape Argus cycling race. | Armstrong flew into Cape Town late Monday and is set to ride as part of the world's biggest peloton on Sunday. | The Argus is a one-day, 65-mile race around South Africa's Cape peninsu...
Mothers and daughters make connections Houston Chronicle | In Girl World, girls talk openly about Facebook attacks, racy cell-phone photos and mean girls at school. | But in Girl World, girls don't swap their stories with friends. Instead, they confide in the one person they're increasingly likely to avoid: Mom. | Rosalind Wiseman's Girl World Tour brings girls and moms together for role-playing, confess...
